World’s largest iceberg moves toward an island off Antarctica where millions of penguins live
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents ...
Antarctica: World's Largest Iceberg A23a Drifts In Atlantic; Likely To Hit British Island South Georgia
For over 30 years, the A23a iceberg stayed anchored to the Antarctic Weddell Sea floor before it shrank and lost its grip on the seafloor which turned it into a massive floating fragment of ice. The ...
Sport Diver magazine2d
Diving Antarctica's South Georgia Island
Dive into a bit of history in the waters surrounding this remote Antarctic island, the site of famed explorer Sir Ernest ...
Fears that the world’s biggest iceberg could hit island in the South Atlantic
The world’s largest iceberg is still on the move and there are fears that it could be headed north from Antarctica towards ...
english.mathrubhumi10m
World’s largest iceberg nears South Georgia, threatening baby penguins
A massive iceberg, twice the size of London, is heading towards South Georgia, threatening penguin and seal populations.
Hosted on MSN21h
'Queen of icebergs' A23a is barreling toward a remote South Atlantic island. Millions of animals could be at risk
A23a got stuck again, spinning in one place just north of the South Orkney Islands. But, in December 2024 it finally broke free. Related: Scientists peered into a s ...
Forbes7d
5 Books You Should Read Before Going To Antarctica
Antarctica has a wild ... and then hiking across South Georgia island to find rescue. Miraculously, not a single crew member died (thanks, in part, to Shackleton’s leadership, as well as ...
MercoPress7d
South Georgia Island, 250th Anniversary of British Possession, led by the great navigator James Cook
On the 17th of January 1775, English Captain James Cook landed at Possession Bay in South Georgia Island. While his vessel ... of 71°10'S without sighting Antarctica. It was only on their ...
BBC25d
Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
"The glacier that I learnt to ski on in South Georgia is no longer a glacier, it's not there anymore," says Morley, who has worked in Antarctica since 2005. Instead the island, which lies ...
BBC25d
Mushy ice and lost kit: The scientists studying Antarctica as it melts
With Antarctica's climate warming at an unprecedented rate, scientists are battling with dangerously thin ice and equipment falling through into the sea beneath. For 20 years, Simon Morley has ...